Final Exam Study Guide for World History
The following items/terms below the calendar are important and may appear on your final exam.
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Unit 1: Renaissance/Reformation-
Humanism Machiavelli Michelangelo Leonardo Secular Individualism Reformation Shakespeare Martin Luther Indulgences Theocracy John Calvin Predestination Henry VIII 95 Theses Vernacular Council of Trent Renaissance
BIG IDEAS-
What was the impact of the Renaissance on society?
What was the impact of the Reformation on society?
Humanism Machiavelli Michelangelo Leonardo Secular Individualism Reformation Shakespeare Martin Luther Indulgences Theocracy John Calvin Predestination Henry VIII 95 Theses Vernacular Council of Trent Renaissance
BIG IDEAS-
What was the impact of the Renaissance on society?
What was the impact of the Reformation on society?
Unit 2: Exploration Age-
Cartographers Vasco de Gama Cape of Good Hope Bartholomeu Dias Columbus Line of demarcation Magellan Circumnavigation Conquistadors Hernan Cortes Henry Hudson Triangular Trade Middle passage Bullion Mercantilism Entrepreneurs Balance of Trade Three G’s Caravel Astrolabe Spice Trade Incas Aztecs
BIG IDEAS-
What motivated and enabled the Age of Exploration?
What were the consequences of the Age of Exploration?
Cartographers Vasco de Gama Cape of Good Hope Bartholomeu Dias Columbus Line of demarcation Magellan Circumnavigation Conquistadors Hernan Cortes Henry Hudson Triangular Trade Middle passage Bullion Mercantilism Entrepreneurs Balance of Trade Three G’s Caravel Astrolabe Spice Trade Incas Aztecs
BIG IDEAS-
What motivated and enabled the Age of Exploration?
What were the consequences of the Age of Exploration?
Unit 3: Absolutism, Scientific Revolution, & Enlightenment-
Philip II Elizabeth Louis XIV Cardinal Richelieu Peter the Great John Locke Catherine the Great Hypotheses Galileo Johannes Kepler Newton Natural Law Thomas Hobbes Divine Right Revolution Heliocentric Copernicus Enlightenment Scientific Revolution Scientific Method Absolutism
BIG IDEA-
How did changes in science, thought, and government constitute an age of Revolution, shape the modern world and shape the future?
Philip II Elizabeth Louis XIV Cardinal Richelieu Peter the Great John Locke Catherine the Great Hypotheses Galileo Johannes Kepler Newton Natural Law Thomas Hobbes Divine Right Revolution Heliocentric Copernicus Enlightenment Scientific Revolution Scientific Method Absolutism
BIG IDEA-
How did changes in science, thought, and government constitute an age of Revolution, shape the modern world and shape the future?
Unit 4: French Revolution-
Three Estates Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Guillotine Napoleon Dictatorship Robespierre Reign of Terror
Congress of Vienna Concert of Europe Waterloo Duke of Wellington
BIG IDEA-
Explain how Enlightenment ideas are connected to the French Revolution.
Three Estates Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Guillotine Napoleon Dictatorship Robespierre Reign of Terror
Congress of Vienna Concert of Europe Waterloo Duke of Wellington
BIG IDEA-
Explain how Enlightenment ideas are connected to the French Revolution.
Unit 5: Industrial Revolution-
Domestic system Capital Eli Whitney Interchangeable parts Depression Bourgeoisie Division of Labor Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Labor Unions Urbanization Laissez-faire Karl Marx Socialism Evolution
Charles Darwin Emigration Immigration Factory System Industrialization
BIG IDEA-
How did changes in industry constitute an age of Revolution, shape the modern world and shape the future?
Domestic system Capital Eli Whitney Interchangeable parts Depression Bourgeoisie Division of Labor Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Labor Unions Urbanization Laissez-faire Karl Marx Socialism Evolution
Charles Darwin Emigration Immigration Factory System Industrialization
BIG IDEA-
How did changes in industry constitute an age of Revolution, shape the modern world and shape the future?
Unit 6: Nationalism/Imperialism-
Nation-state guerilla warfare Otto von Bismarck Nationalism Imperialism Kaiser Papal Nicholas II Russification Colony Westernization Liberalism Giusseppe Garibaldi militarism Direct Rule Indirect Rule Protectorate
BIG IDEA-
How did nationalism change the world?
What impact did imperialism have on the world?
Nation-state guerilla warfare Otto von Bismarck Nationalism Imperialism Kaiser Papal Nicholas II Russification Colony Westernization Liberalism Giusseppe Garibaldi militarism Direct Rule Indirect Rule Protectorate
BIG IDEA-
How did nationalism change the world?
What impact did imperialism have on the world?
Unit 7, 8, & 9: World War I, Between the Wars, & World War II-
Triple Alliance Triple Entente Francis Ferdinand Propaganda Churchill Lusitania Lenin Communism armistice Reparations FDR Mussolini Fascism Hitler Stalin Concentration camps appeasement blitzkrieg blitz Fascism Holocaust Zimmerman Telegram Pearl Harbor Stalingrad D-Day Harry Truman Hiroshima Nagasaki Auschwitz Potsdam Conference Yalta Conference League of Nations Western Front Woodrow Wilson Bolsheviks
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Treaty of Versailles Total War
BIG IDEA-
What were the causes and effects of the two world wars?
How did the end of WWII bring about a new balance of power around the world?
Triple Alliance Triple Entente Francis Ferdinand Propaganda Churchill Lusitania Lenin Communism armistice Reparations FDR Mussolini Fascism Hitler Stalin Concentration camps appeasement blitzkrieg blitz Fascism Holocaust Zimmerman Telegram Pearl Harbor Stalingrad D-Day Harry Truman Hiroshima Nagasaki Auschwitz Potsdam Conference Yalta Conference League of Nations Western Front Woodrow Wilson Bolsheviks
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Treaty of Versailles Total War
BIG IDEA-
What were the causes and effects of the two world wars?
How did the end of WWII bring about a new balance of power around the world?